A search for evidence of a distant human past outside Africa
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie/South African Journal of Science and Technology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | A search for evidence of a distant human past outside Africa Op soek na ’n spoor van die mens buite Afrika | |
| Creator | Spies, A. | |
| Description | Dating the Pleistocene and also the Ice Ages is necessary. A period of “normal” magnetism, called the Olduvai Event, occurred about 1,8 m.y.a. It can be considered the boundary between the Pliocene and the Pleistocene, lying within the Matuyama Reversed Epoch, which ended some 700 000 y.a. The boundary between the Middle and Upper or late Pleistocene we shall accept as 125 000 y.a., which is also the beginning of the Eemian interglacial. Hominid fossils were discovered in both Java and China. From publications the names “Peking Man” and “Java Man” are well known. Today, these are referred to as Homo erectus. They are known by their very prominent supraorbital torus and postorbital constriction, alveolar prognathism and receding chin. With the widest part of the skull toward the bottom, it has a pentagonal shape. The rest of the skeleton is very little different from the modern skeleton. Fossil bones from Europe are scarce, but the little that have been found correspond with Erectus from the Far East. They date from the Middle Pleistocene. Die datering van die Pleistoseen, wat die Ystye insluit, is noodsaaklik. ’n Periode van “normale” magnetisme, genoem die Olduvaigebeurtenis, dateer van ongeveer 1,8 m.j.g. Dit word aanvaar as die begin van die Pleistoseen en dit lê binne die Matuyamaommekeerepog, wat eindig teen 700 000 j.g. Die grens tussen die Middel-Pleistoseen en die Bo-Pleistoseen is 125 000 j.g., wat ook die begin van die Eemtussenystyd is. In die Ooste is hominiedfossiele in sowel Java as by Tsjoekoetien, China, ontdek. Uit publikasies is die “Man van Java” en die “Man van Peking” goed bekend. Vandag word na hierdie soort mens as Homo erectus verwys. Uitkenbare trekke is: prominente supra-orbitale torus en postorbitale insnoering; prognatisme en hoekige oksipitale. Die res verskil nie veel van ’n hedendaagse skelet nie. Die fossielbene uit Europa is baie min, maar kom ooreen met H. erectus van die Ooste, en dateer ook almal uit die Middel-Pleistoseen. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1987-03-17 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/satnt.v6i1.935 | |
| Source | Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 6, No 1 (1987); 4-11 Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 6, No 1 (1987); 4-11 2222-4173 0254-3486 | |
| Language | eng | |
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